Victim Mentality

One thing that seems prevalent in today's society is a "victim" mentality. Many people react to setbacks or negative things with the attitude of "poor me" I just can't get a break or I can't succeed at this because this person won't let me. This type of thinking prevents and sabotages people's ability to achieve their potential in life.

I look at Walt Disney whose business plan was rejected by the bank over 360 times and say "what if he would have had that attitude. There would be no Mickey Mouse or Donald duck. Instead he had a goal he was passionate and an attitude of "whatever it takes." We all know what the results are.

Having worked with many different types of clients I've seen a common ingredients that result in success. One of those key ingredients is ATTITUDE. They don't make BS excuses when they have setbacks and blame others or life's circumstances. What they do is take ownership of their behavior and correct anything that is detrimental to them hitting their goals.As Charles Swindoll a famous author , speaker and pastor says ATTITUDE is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.So let's relate this to exercise. If your someone who constantly struggles with weight gain and dieting. It's time to check your attitude. Quit blaming your kids, spouse, friends etc. Quit using the excuse that it is your metabolism. Please quit saying that you have tried everything and nothing works. It's all crap!!

We find almost all people who say this come up way short when we do an HONEST account of what they have been eating and how much as well as how much exercise that they are getting.So if this blog entry and it hits a nerve please understand it's meant to be harsh in order to change the way people who chronically are failing to change their mindset that causes recurring failure to one that generates success.I've had enough of our media telling everyone there is a new drug or scientists have found a reason why we are so obese a "fat gene" We need to realize that reason we have a high percentage of overweight people in this country is that we eat too much junk and do not move enough it's that simple. If you don't believe me go to a country where people have to walk and bike everywhere and there isn't a fast food joint on every corner. You will be hard pressed to find an overweight person.

So please check your attitude if you are one these people who struggles over and over with getting fit and/or losing weight. You will find when you quit blaming others and circumstances for your lack of success that you start owning the real reasons why you can't lose weight that you will be taking a very big step towards success.